Could be. Maybe the ends are burned for decoration?.
Ooh ouch! Poor doggo. He may think twice before interfering with a porcupine again!
Could the long beads in the necklace be porcupine quills or am I being fanciful?. I don’t even know where porcupines live other than not in the UK!
Yes! I too have enough to last a very long time….:rolleyes:
I always rescue bits of ivory if I see them at car boot sales :) Love the fan @Any Jewelry is your girl for fans.
Thankyou Fig :-) I will do. She’s in my to do pile!
Lol, there’s going to be a lot of fishing around here :hilarious::hilarious:
Wow! I wasn’t expecting that! I nearly put it in a lot on eBay so I’m very grateful you caught me in time! The disks could be celluloid, I will...
Thankyou . Yet another avenue of items to check out at the booties :) I’ve just looked online, these are really expensive!
Not usually the sort of thing I look out for but it was too nice to leave. I suspect it would have come from a wealthy families house to be that...
No hurry but I love to look and learn :)
Next time you are surfing the hoard please can we have photos?
Thankyou. Another useful piece of information stored away in my brain for future use. Even knowing they aren’t silver, I don’t regret buying them...
Thankyou, earlier than I expected :-)
Thankyou for that link, you did well to find that as I couldn’t find anything. Funny that they call it ‘New Silver’ (special material), special...
Another random UK boot sale find. I’m thinking 1930’s? Does that look about right? It’s copper over brass and approx 2.5” square. Thankyou :)...
On it!
A pendant :-)
That’s very helpful Cheryl, Thankyou :-) That makes sense as there is no hallmark and great to know what that mark means.My testing is pretty...
Sadly nothing looks quite like this mark but only a fraction of the marks are shown and there are hundreds of makers. I’ll keep looking!
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